Spring-connector for suspenders and the like.



G. H. PERRINE.

SPRING CONNECTOR FOR SUSPENDERS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29,1915.

Patent-ed Sept. 5, 1916.

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GEORGE H. PERRINE, 0F GREENBURG, NEW.YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 SGOVILL MANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CON- NECTICUTQ SPRING-CONNECTOR FOR SUSPENDEBS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1.91 6.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE I-I. PERRINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greenburg, in the county of lVestchester and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Spring-Connectors for Suspenders and the like, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to elastic connections for straps or webbing, and particularly for suspenders.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an elastic connector or connection for suspenders or such like wearing apparel parts or attachments by the use of which is provided a sufficiency of elasticity and flexibility to permit great freedom of movement of the body without strains; but it is to be understood that the invention is applicable to other than wearing apparel devices having straps or webbing wherein an elastic connection is desirable.

The invention consists in an elastic connector or connection, comprising two wire loops having their limbs crossed and flexibly connected at their adjacent ends, and adapted to yield in various directions lengthwise, crosswise and back and forth, so as to accommodate various movements of the body of the wearer, all substantially as I will proceed now to explain and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a rear View of the upper portion of a man wearing a pair of overalls, the suspenders of which are provided with the device of the invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the elastic connection shown applied to the suspenders in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 4. is an elevation of the same form of connection shown in Figs. 2 and 3, with a modified form of eye for flexibly connecting the two parts of the connection, and Fig. 5 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 6 is an elevation of a modified arrangement of the crossed limbs of one of the loop members and showing in dotted lines the position of the parts when put under tension, and Fig. 7 is an edge view of the same.

In the preferred form as shown in Flgs.

ers are passed, as shown in Fig. 1, and thus the shoulder straps have a free sliding engagement with the bar 3 of the elastic connection or loop. The loop member 2 com prises the end bar 9 and the inwardly bent limbs 10 and 11, offset at the points 12 and 13 and crossing each other at the point 14, and terminating in eyes 15 formed in the plane of the loop and adapted to be engaged with the eyes 7 of the loop member 1. The bar 9 and the limbs 10 and 11 as thus con structed and arranged constitute a triangular loop through which the suspender end or button engaging member 16 of the suspenders is passed and has a sliding engagement with the bar 9 of the loop, as shown in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 4, the eyes 17 of the loop member 1 are formed by bending outwardly the wire of the limbs i and 5, as at 18, Fig. 5, and then shaping the eye by bringing the end of the wire up against the bent portion 18, thus bringing the openings of the eyes in alinement with the wire of the limbs 4: and 5, whereas in Figs. 2 and 3, the eyes 7 are formed by merely carrying the wire of the limbs 4 and 5 straight down and shaping the eye by bringing the end of the wire around and against the wire of the limb, whereby the openings of the eyes are out of the plane of the wire of the limbs, see particularly Fig. 3. Either construction provides an easy, flexible connection between the loop members.

In Figs. 6 and 7, I have shown a modified form of the lower loop member, the upper member being of substantially the same construction as that shown in the other figures. In this modification, the lower loop member comprises the bar 19 and the inwardly bentstraight limbs 20 crossing at the point '21 and terminating in eyes 22 to engage the eyes 18 of the upper loop member 1, the bar 19 and the crossed limbs 20 forming a substantially equilateral triangular loop to be engaged by the suspender end or other strap. By bending or offsetting the crossed limbs of the member 2, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4:, considerably more resiliency or springiness is obtained, than when the limbs are straight as in Fig. 6, for the reason that when the limbs are bent, as in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, the limbs themselves become springs, and lend their resiliency under excessive strains-or pulls on the device and after the initial resiliency has reached its limit. It is apparent that the limbs of both loop members could be bent as described, and thus further enhance the resiliency of the device.

By this invention an elastic connection is provided, specially designed for use in suspenders or other supports for wearing apparel, in which the two flexibly connected loop members are of an exceedingly resilient or elastic nature, and afford a connection of this sort which permits of absolute freedom of movement of the body of the wearer and without any undue or uncomfortable strains upon the body by the straps or webbing of the suspenders or other supporters during the movements of the body.

As above stated, the connection is applicable toother devices employing straps or Webbing wherein a flexible and elastic connection is required to obtain flexibility and elasticity in all directions between the connected parts.

What I claim is 1. A spring connector for suspenders and the like, constructed of two loop members, each of which comprises a bar and crossed limbs extending therefrom and interengaging eyes on the ends of said limbs which girectly and flexibly connect said loop memers.

2. An elastic connection, constructed of two loop members, one of said loop members comprising a bar and straight crossed limbs, and the other of said loop members comprising a bar and bent crossed limbs, and eyes on the ends of said limbs for flexibly connecting said loop members.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of July A. 1)., 1915.

GEORGE H. PERRINE.

Witnesses:

Gno. E. TOMPKINS, W. E. TWINING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

It is hereby certified that the residence of the assignee in Letters Patent No. 1,197,582, granted September 5, 1916, upon the application of George H. Perrine, of Greenburg, New York, for an improvement in spring-Connections for Suspenders and the like, was erroneously given as New Haven, Connecticut, Whereas said residence should have been given as Waterbury, Connecticut; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may con form to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 26th day of September, A. D., 1916.

F. W. H. CLAY, Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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